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J. J. ADGATE.

DEVIGE FOR PROTECTING AND ELEVATING THE LEGS OF PANTALOO NS. No.302,643. Patented July 29, 1884.

WITNESSES *ail/ I llnrrnn Smarts 'Pirtsr Orrrea JOSEPH J. ADGATE, OFNETV YORK, N. Y.

DEVICE FOR PROTECTING AND ELEVATING THE LEGS 0F PANTALOONS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 302,643, dated July 29,1884C. Application filed November 20, 1893. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOSEPH J. ADGATE, of the city, county, and State ofNew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inPantaloons Elevators and Protectors, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to a pantaloons elevator and protector which isused to raise the bottom of the pantaloons-leg and keep it in anelevated position, and protect it from being soiled by mud, dust, &c.,being spattered against it when thewearer is walking, and from rubbingor chafing against the heel of the wearer s boot or shoe when the heelis soiled with mud or dust; and my invention consists in making apantaloons elevator and protector which can be easily and quicklyapplied or removed,which is compact and can be conveniently carried in apocketbook orwallet, is easily manufactured, cheap, and effective, andacts by being applied to the lower end only of the pantaloons-leg,without being connected with the boot or shoe of the wearer or thewaistband or upper portion of the pantaloons.

Pantaloons elevators and protectors as here' tofore made have consistedeither of a string or similar arrangement attached to the lower end ofthe pantaloons leg and carried up to the waistband of the pantaloons, orof aspur-proj ection attached to the heel of the wearers boot or shoe,and adapted to keep the bottom of the pantaloons-lcg raised. Both ofthese styles of supporters and protectors are objectionable, in thatthey require the co-operation of the boot or shoe or the upper parts ofthe pantaloons to effect the elevating of the bottom of thepantaloons-leg, and are, besides, so firmly attached to the article ofapparel that they cannot readily be removed when not required for actualuse or for application to other similar pieces of apparel. They are alsomore expensive and difficult of application than 'my invention,which Iwill now more fully describe.

In the drawings, Figurelis aside View of my improved pantaloons elevatorand protector. Fig. 2 is a front View of the same, and Fig. 3 shows themanner of application of my invention. Figs. 4 and 5 are modificationsof my invention.

I make my improved elevator and protector of a single piece of wire orsimilar material. The

upper end, a, is bent over and pointed,so that it can easily penetratethe material of the pantaloons-leg, and the lower end, I), is turned upso as to be adapted to embrace and sustain the lower edge of thepantaloonsleg in. the space (1 between the end I) and the back of thesupporter. The bender creek 0 serves two purposes. The elevator andprotector,when applied, hangs by the hook a in the material of thepantaloons-leg. The weight of the portion of the pantaloonsleg below thepoint where the hook is inserted is carried by the lower hook, Z1, andthis weight has a tendency to swing the hook b inward toward the heel ofthe wearer and into a vertical line with the upperhook, a, and to givethe point of the hook at a downward and inward tendency, so that it willremain securelyin the material of the pantaloonsleg. This bend cwillalso strike against the back or heel of the wearers boot or shoe, Fig.3, and thus serve to fend thebottom of the pantaloonsleg off from comingin contact therewith My invention might be constructed without this bendor crook 0,- but it would not operate so successfully or satisfactorily.

The point of the hook Z) may be turned over, so as to prevent itsentering or chafing the material of the pantaloons-leg, (see Fig. 4,)and the hook I) may be bent so as to give the elevator and protectorlateral support, to increase the efficiency of the bend c as a protectorbypreventingitsinclining to either side. (See Fig. 5.)

I do not confine myself to the exact form shown for the parts a b c, fortheir forms and relative positions might be altered somewhat withoutchanging their objects or results. N or do I limit myself to forming myelevator and protector of round wire, for a piece of fiat or sheet metalmight be used if the upper hook is made sufiiciently small not to injurethe material of the garment when passed through it; or the endb might beleft longer than shown and again bent downward, inward, and upward par:allel with itself and the lower portions of the elevator and protector,so as to give two thicknesses of the wire for the edge of thepantaloons-leg to rest on but these would be simply modifications of myinvention.

The application of my invention is as follows: The elevator andprotector is passed upward inside of the pantaloons-leg, with its hooksprojecting backward, so that the lower edge of the pantaloons-leg shallpass into the hook b. It is then raised, carrying with it the lower endof the pantaloons-leg, until the desired height is reached,when the hookat is pressed through the material of the pantaloons-leg, and theelevator and protector is securely applied. Then the wearer desires toremove it, all that is necessary is to unhook the hook a and draw it outfrom within the pantaloons-leg. There is no objection to having thishook a project backward, as shown in Fig. 3, in ordinary wear; but, ifdesired, it can be bent in more closely to the back of the elevator andprotector.

My invention might also be applied to another portion of thepantaloons-leg or another garment by first slipping the hook a throughthe inaterialand pushing the back of the ele vator through also, raisingthe book a to the desired point and hooking it as before, but it wouldact only as an elevator in that case, and

it might be made pointed at each end, if desired.

I claim as new- Apa-ntaloons elevator and protector consisting of wireor other suitable material, formed 2 5 with a pointed. hook at one end,aloop or hook at the opposite end,with an intermediate bend or crook ortheir equivalents, all substantially as shown and described.

JOSEPH J. ADGATE.

